The bill to extend rail service to the airport has been passed, but there has been some reluctance to follow through with it due to its price tag. An extra $350 million is a hefty price to pay for this service, but from a local’s point of view, it would be pointless to NOT have the mass transit run to our only international airport on the island.
When the bill was initially passed to build a rail system on Oahu to connect Honolulu with Kapolei, talks only included Salt Lake and Aiea, skipping the airport entirely. It seemed to me (and many others) rather pointless to have a mass transit system that bypassed an important stop for locals and visitors alike.
Rail Service to the airport is an absolute must and despite the expensive price, plans to go ahead with the project will begin in 2009. Hooray!
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June 1st, 2008 at 10:58 am
I agree. The rail service has been a joke up until they began talking about adding stops that make sense to ease congestion. Rather than just the shopping center to shopping center tourist attraction that it appeared to be at first.
The airport stop just makes sense.